{"id":2445328,"date":"2019-06-14T07:06:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=847975"},"modified":"2019-06-14T07:06:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:06:56","slug":"j-period-preps-for-revolution-with-dead-prez-andra-day-in-new-see-the-light-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/j-period-preps-for-revolution-with-dead-prez-andra-day-in-new-see-the-light-video\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Period Preps for Revolution With Dead Prez, Andra Day in New \u2018See The Light\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Producer J. Period has tapped Andra Day and hip-hop stalwarts Dead Prez for a politically charged new video for their song, \u201cSee the Light.\u201d<\/p>\n

The clip opens with a string of sprawling city skyline shots to accompany the song\u2019s spare piano intro before jumping to a sequence in which Day broadcasts the song\u2019s potent chorus. Elsewhere, Dead Prez MCs stic.man and M-1 spit revolutionary verses in a vast warehouse filled with others ready to join their cause.<\/p>\n

J. Period co-produced \u201cSee the Light\u201d with DJ Khalil, and the song appears on the former\u2019s latest album, The RISE UP Project<\/em>. The album also features contributions from Black Thought, Aloe Blacc, Joss Stone, Jesse Williams, Pharoahe Monch, De La Soul\u2019s Posdnous, Rhymefest, Maimouna Youssef and more. \u201cThe RISE UP Project<\/em> seeks to restore hip hop<\/a>\u2019s place as a powerful voice for justice, and to create a new soundtrack for the new movement of young activists fighting back against rising tides of prejudice and discrimination in our current climate,\u201d J. Period said in a statement. Young Guru, DJ Jazzy Jeff & DJ Khalil executive produced the album.<\/p>\n

\u201cArtist\u2019s power is the ability to make spiritual, emotional and sociopolitical themes relatable. It\u2019s our gift and calling \u2026 I admire the pioneering artists tied to this project and we all understand that the investment here is not for an immediate return,\u201d Day tells Rolling Stone.<\/em> \u201cWe are planting seeds for fruit we may or may not see harvested in this life, but our reward is the peace of knowing that we are helping to build and leave behind a world where everyone is counted and equal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Sudan, to the ongoing attacks on women\u2019s rights, to Flint\u2019s ongoing water crisis \u2026there are so many truths that need to see the light,\u201d Dead Prez rapper Stic says. \u201cI\u2019m honored to team up with Andra Day and J.PERIOD to remind today\u2019s culture that it\u2019s still bigger than hip hop and to align with new revolutionary voices that are speaking out!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMessage Music is indeed the lighthouse in the fog of today\u2019s chaotic world,\u201d adds Dead Prez\u2019s m-1. \u201cThis song [has] given dead prez an amazing platform along with my favorite musicians and voices to be a true light in the darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n

The producer said \u201cSee the Light\u201d embodies the overall ethos of the album, which was to tap into hip-hop\u2019s roots as a voice for justice and to serve as a soundtrack for a new generation of activists. \u201cThe song represents the moment in the battle where we are bruised and bloody, and nearly beaten, but we must summon the strength to rise again and fight \u2014 a feeling I think many of us can relate to at this moment,\u201d J. Period said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why \u2018See The Light\u2019 is such an important record, and why I chose to pair one of hip-hop\u2019s longstanding and most significant voices for liberation \u2014 Dead Prez \u2014 alongside one of the most powerful musical voices for change in this generation \u2014 Andra Day,\u201d he added. \u201cThe combination is meant to carry the tradition of hip-hop\u2019s activist roots forward, and to inspire a new generation of young artists and activists.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Producer J. Period has tapped Andra Day and hip-hop stalwarts Dead Prez for a politically charged new video for their song, \u201cSee the Light.\u201d The clip opens with a string of sprawling city skyline shots to accompany the song\u2019s spare piano intro before jumping to a sequence in which Day broadcasts the song\u2019s potent chorus. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2445328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 22:14:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}